Psalm 4:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
I
2 Answer me when I call, my saving God.
When troubles hem me in, set me free;
take pity on me, hear my prayer.(A)
Psalm 4:4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 Know that the Lord works wonders for his faithful one;
the Lord hears when I call out to him.
Psalm 4:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
III
7 Many say, “May we see better times!
Lord, show us the light of your face!”(A)
Selah
8 But you have given my heart more joy
than they have when grain and wine abound.
9 (B)[a]In peace I will lie down and fall asleep,
for you alone, Lord, make me secure.
Footnotes
- 4:9 In peace I will…fall asleep: the last verse repeats two themes in the Psalm. One is the security of one who trusts in the true God; the other is the interior peace of those who sincerely repent (“on [their] beds”), whose sleep is not disturbed by a guilty conscience.
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